Coincidence or not, can not say, I came across a biography of Bill Shankly, the legendary manager of Liverpool in the sixties, just days before the Anfield club picnic at Real Madrid in the knockout second round of the Champions League. Much is being said and written in the English media about the possible causes of this debacle white English lands. And, as always, look both navel that only affect the miseries of the meringues, forgetting the great virtues of the team for just defeated them. Let me therefore that, from here, he pays a small tribute. "Take that bandage off ... and What do you mean about YOUR knee? It's Liverpool's knee!" ("Take off the bandage ... and why do you call YOUR knee? It's Liverpool's knee! "). In this famous dressing down Bill Shankly gave him their player Tommy Smith, the first (and last, I gather) time that this ruthless player wanted to opt out of a game, hiding behind a supposed lesions and perhaps the single most determinant of Liverpool and that led, once again, to success: the spirit of equipo.Porque regardless of the undoubted quality of some of its components, and the footsteps of his coach Rafa Benitez, the difference between the two teams marked the attitude of the protagonists. In the two games in this round, players, coaches, managers and fans of the "Reds" behaved as a single entity, sacrificing their personal interests and even risking his own physical integrity (Gerrard, for example) in favor of a greater good, that of the group, the only one who knew the victory would enable them both longed. Meanwhile, Real Madrid, scatter their attention on a desperate chase to FC Barcelona in the league, and unwelcome controversy of any kind (Guti complaints by their replacements, the "trickle" of President Boluda, criticism of the game of "Pool "at the Bernabeu, by the second of Juande Ramos, fans ultras attacks on journalists, the hypothetical return of Florentino, etc., etc.).. The result final already know, five to zero in the total count of qualifying, the five marked by the same knee. Yes, it is tinged with red piping, when the old Shankly ordered to remove the white bandage that hid it. Alberto
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